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Regional Executive Vice President

Colleen Coffey was elected Atlantic Regional Executive Vice-President at the 7th Regional Triennial Convention on June 24, 2017 in Saint John, NB.

An active PSAC member for over 20 years, Sister Coffey first began her union activism with the Goose Bay Women’s Committee and entered into a long pay equity battle. She was workforce adjusted in 1998 and moved to the Airforce Base in Greenwood, NS. After re-establishing herself and her family, she got involved in her union local and held many roles from Secretary, Treasurer, Shop Steward, Chief Shop Steward and finally President for the past 12 years.

She held a seat on the PSAC Atlantic Council for three terms and was elected the Alternate REVP for those terms.

Sister Coffey was elected to be the female PSAC Representative on the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Executive Council and held this seat for several terms until she was elected the Female Vice President at Large that she maintained for two terms.

Modernization spin glosses over cuts

November 28, 2011 - 3:58pm •

On Friday, August 19th, only minutes before Atlantic region Employment Insurance processing centres were due to close for the weekend, federal government employees received an e-mail with devastating news.

Report from the REVP to the National Board of Directors

October 14, 2011 - 5:24pm •

October 4 - 7, 2011

Governments come and go, public services shouldn’t

September 27, 2011 - 6:06pm •

In her September 7 letter to the Chronicle Herald, Diane Finley says that Canadians “gave our government a strong mandate to complete our economic recovery and eliminate the deficit.”

Report from the Atlantic Regional Executive Vice-President to the Atlantic Council, March 12-13, 2011

March 13, 2011 - 12:00am •

PSAC Lightkeepers in Newfoundland and Labrador Face Possible Job Loss

October 22, 2010 - 1:37pm •

In an article published in The Telegram from Wednesday, October 14, REVP Jeannie Baldwin highlights the remarkable work of Newfoundland and Labrador lighthouse keepers and the threats their jobs are currently under.

The Federal Budget - We have to act now!

March 18, 2010 - 4:00am •

The Federal Budget released by the Harper Government has set a clear direction for balancing the budget within the next five years by targeting the federal public service through austerity measures. The budget freezes federal departmental spending with the goal of reducing the debt on the backs of public service workers.

PSAC Atlantic Region officially supports the campaign against the sale of NB Power

January 15, 2010 - 12:31am •

Over the last few weeks, several locals asked us about the PSAC’s position concerning the sale of NB Power. PSAC Atlantic Region officially supports the campaign against the sale of NB Power, as it is perfectly in line with our Think Public campaign. The New Brunswick Federation of Labour has adopted the same position.

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